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Scheibbs
Scheibbs
Municipality
	Old Town of Scheibbs
	Coat of arms
	Scheibbs Location within Austria Scheibbs Location within Lower Austria
	Coordinates: 48°00′00″N 15°10′00″E / 48.00000°N 15.16667°E
Country	Austria
State	Lower Austria
District	Scheibbs
Government
• Mayor	Franz Aigner (ÖVP)
Area
• Total	45.88 km2 (17.71 sq mi)
Elevation	339 m (1,112 ft)
Population (2018-01-01)
• Total	4,196
• Density	91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	3270
Area code	07482
Vehicle registration	SB
Website	www.scheibbs.com

Scheibbs (German pronunciation: [ʃaɪ̯ps] ^ⓘ) is a town in Austria in the Scheibbs district of Lower Austria. In 1886, it became the first town in Austria to have street lighting powered by electricity.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	3,076	—
1880	3,259	+5.9%
1890	3,489	+7.1%
1900	3,776	+8.2%
1910	4,061	+7.5%
1923	3,703	−8.8%
1934	3,720	+0.5%
1939	3,615	−2.8%
1951	4,047	+12.0%
1961	4,101	+1.3%
1971	4,445	+8.4%
1981	4,515	+1.6%
1991	4,389	−2.8%
2001	4,331	−1.3%
2011	4,236	−2.2%
2021	4,122	−2.7%

Mayors

1950-1965: Anton Herok
1965-1983: Alois Derfler
1983-2007: Leopold Gansch
2007-2009: Johann Schragl
2009-2019: Christine Dünwald
since 2019: Franz Aigner

Twin towns – sister cities

Scheibbs is twinned with:

Rutesheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (1972)

Sons and daughters of the town

Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c. 1620-1680), court composer and first non-Italian court conductor at the Viennese court of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
Franz Schuh (physician) (1804-1865), physician and surgeon, first surgical procedure with ether anesthesia
Hermann Senkowsky (1897-1965), financial expert, NSDAP official
Andreas Buder (born 1979), ski racer
Paul Scharner (born 1980), football player
Marion Gröbner (born 1985), football player
Kathrin Zettel (born 1986), ski racer
Jonathan Schmid (born 1990), footballer
Klaudia Tanner (born 1970), politician and Minister of Defense

References

^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

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[wikidata-f3373d889b3e667af72d1979ec2c3615f4e35537-v18-1] "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

[wikidata-e49e74cba12ebc857db3ff1e3141c6ab850aaa31-v18-2] "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

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